River Flood Warnings in Texas
7,875 river flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 7,875
- Busiest year
- 20151,061 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 394over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harris County638
- Hunt County434
- Dallas County417
- Nacogdoches County325
- Rusk County325
- Morris County310
- Gregg County294
- Cherokee County288
- Titus County273
- Houston County263
- Franklin County262
- Wood County247
- Polk County241
- Hardin County220
- Smith County219
- Victoria County217
- Angelina County211
- Trinity County211
- Rockwall County209
- Wharton County205
- Liberty County203
- Presidio County203
- San Augustine County201
- Montgomery County200
- Anderson County199
- Red River County197
- Orange County194
- Fort Bend County177
- Collin County166
- Jefferson County163
- Tyler County162
- Brazoria County160
- Navarro County158
- Shelby County154
- Calhoun County152
- Jasper County152
- Bexar County151
- Marion County146
- Newton County141
- Cass County137
145 more counties
- Val Verde County135
- Brewster County134
- Upshur County131
- Denton County131
- Jackson County119
- Delta County116
- Leon County114
- Refugio County114
- Harrison County113
- Panola County104
- Karnes County99
- Hopkins County98
- Madison County95
- Nueces County95
- Kaufman County90
- Live Oak County88
- Bowie County87
- Henderson County87
- San Jacinto County87
- Sabine County82
- Goliad County78
- Wilson County78
- Walker County78
- Robertson County76
- Burleson County75
- Gonzales County73
- Uvalde County71
- Chambers County69
- Wise County68
- Guadalupe County67
- Austin County66
- San Patricio County63
- Limestone County61
- Webb County61
- Wichita County60
- Comal County59
- DeWitt County56
- Milam County56
- Grimes County54
- Ellis County54
- Coryell County53
- McMullen County53
- Lee County52
- Galveston County51
- Brazos County50
- Bee County47
- Travis County47
- Matagorda County47
- Lavaca County46
- Colorado County45
- Waller County45
- Caldwell County42
- Tarrant County41
- Clay County40
- Freestone County39
- Kerr County37
- Comanche County37
- Wilbarger County34
- Williamson County33
- Jack County33
- Blanco County31
- Fayette County30
- Jim Wells County30
- Bastrop County27
- Llano County26
- Washington County26
- Bosque County25
- Cooke County25
- Hays County24
- McLennan County22
- Frio County21
- Parker County21
- Childress County20
- Young County19
- Hamilton County18
- Lamar County18
- Medina County18
- Lampasas County17
- Palo Pinto County17
- Bandera County16
- Throckmorton County16
- Mitchell County16
- Bell County16
- Armstrong County15
- Shackelford County15
- San Saba County15
- Dimmit County14
- Tom Green County14
- Kimble County13
- La Salle County13
- Mason County13
- Stephens County13
- Camp County12
- Aransas County12
- Runnels County11
- Scurry County11
- Jones County9
- Terrell County9
- Montague County9
- Kendall County8
- Lubbock County8
- Stonewall County7
- Crockett County7
- Potter County7
- Baylor County7
- Knox County7
- Erath County7
- Coke County6
- Brown County6
- Kinney County6
- Maverick County5
- Menard County5
- Gillespie County4
- Lipscomb County4
- Ochiltree County4
- Randall County3
- Collingsworth County3
- Hill County3
- Concho County3
- Sterling County3
- Loving County3
- Reeves County3
- Irion County3
- McCulloch County3
- Oldham County2
- Pecos County2
- Cameron County2
- Wheeler County2
- Somervell County2
- Taylor County1
- Donley County1
- Garza County1
- Hansford County1
- Howard County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Moore County1
- Sherman County1
- Starr County1
- Falls County1
- Hemphill County1
- El Paso County1
- Brooks County1
- Fisher County1
- Hood County1
- Johnson County1
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 9 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Angelina, Polk, Trinity | 42 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston | 31 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Anderson, Cherokee | 18 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Hardin, Liberty, Polk | 70 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 29 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 8 days |
| Sep 2, 7:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 5 days |
| Sep 2, 7:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 21 days |
| Jul 23, 10:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 14 days |
| Jul 22, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 18 days |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.